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CONVOY HG 6
Departed Gibraltar on Nov. 6-1939 and arrived U.K. on Nov. 14
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 36 ships in this convoy.
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Received from Tony Cooper - His source: Public Records Office, Kew. Commodore's notes and A 1 form are not available to me and, therefore, station numbers and escorts are not known. |
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Ship
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Nationality
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Cargo
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Destination
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Remarks
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British Ambassador
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British
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tanker
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Grangemouth
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–
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Mandasor
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"
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general
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Avonmouth
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–
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Baron Saltoun
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"
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iron ore
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Cardiff
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–
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Dromore
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"
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wheat
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London
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–
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Draco
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"
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currants
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London
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–
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Lorca
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"
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iron ore
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Middlesbrough
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–
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Camerata
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"
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iron ore
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Middlesbrough
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–
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Incemore
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"
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grain
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London
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–
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Mahsud
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"
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general
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London
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From HG 5
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Strasbourgeois
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French
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general
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Dunkirk
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–
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Clan Macinnes
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British
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general
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London
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–
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Shahristan
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"
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dates
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London
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–
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Clan Maciver
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"
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general
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London
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–
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Malakand
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"
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tea - seeds - jute - pig iron
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London
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–
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French
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none given
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Dunkirk
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To HG 7
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Queen Anne
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British
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grain
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Avonmouth
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–
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Elysia
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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Commodore vessel
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British Endurance
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"
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tanker
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Avonmouth
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–
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Designer
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"
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general
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London
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Vice Commodore
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"
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tanker
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–
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To HG 7
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Benwyvis
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"
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general
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London
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–
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"
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tanker
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Portland
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Listed in HG 7
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"
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tanker
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Devonport
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To HG 7
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British Lord
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"
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tanker
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Devonport
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–
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Rosewood
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"
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tanker
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Portsmouth
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–
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Ionian*
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"
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general
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London
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–
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Leadgate*
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"
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iron ore
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Newcastle
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–
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Alcora
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"
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general
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Dublin
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–
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Maclaren
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"
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esparto grass
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Sunderland
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–
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Notes: Related external link: To the next ON convoy in my list HG 7 |
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